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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: Eric Borgström on September 17, 2015, 15:36:52
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Iceland with photo enthusiasts; September 2015.
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Which planet were you on?
I suggest we do a summer NG GetTogether in Iceland!
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Iceland is fantastic especially for photographers! But you need four weel drive and an experienced guide.
And the Guesthouses could be quite a gastronomic high!
/Eric
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One of my alumni just went to Iceland. I envy you and him!
Iceland should be full of wonder. Northern countries are somewhere I dream of visiting. Your images make me want to visit there even more.
I'm particularly impressed by the red river in the third image. Thanks for sharing, Eric!
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Beautiful colors and beautiful images. #5 looks non-terrestrial. Was is naturally blue-ish?
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Thank you all for kind comments
Beautiful colors and beautiful images. #5 looks non-terrestrial. Was is naturally blue-ish?
The Astronauts, Moon bound, actually trained on Iceland before meeting Moon terrain.
And yes, the sharp late morning light made the black lava somewhat blueish.
/Eric
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Really nice landscape images, thanks for posting. #5 and #6 stand out among them.
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The colors all shout "minerals" and "volcanic". Truely fascinating. One of the few places I really what to see one day and my wife too.
Thank you for sharing your insights.
Do I understand corrrectly that you use the old Hasselblad cube with a digital back?
Please tell us more about your experience with that camera / back combination!
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Yes Frank,
I use a Hasselblad 503Cxi with a Sony CMOS sensored Hasselblad CVF-50c back. And it works well if you are in for "Slow Photography", less well when your 4-weeler Mercedes bus is surrounded by thousands of migrating sheep driven by tens of Iceland hourse mounted "sheep women/men". Then "Bladaren" is bit on the slow side.
I shoot tripod mounted. Guess exposure and change according to histogram. ETTL, never whiten a highlight (nearly). The sensor allows you to lighten dark areas nearly at will. Always shoot at base ISO 100. Live view works somewhat.
The setup is rather rain resistant. Two Canons failed in the group. Not Leicas or my Hasselblad. You have all weathers during a day on Iceland. So just wait for the light, it comes. Don't hurry.
And the digital back costs as a long Nikon tele lens but the lens I shoot #5 with (Sonnar 5,6/250) costs around € 1100 second hand.
If you use exposure times longer then 1/8 sek you have to connect the flash sync nipple on the lens with a cable to the back or dive into the sparse back menu. Your choice.
As for weight, when in a photographic flow you forget it. I am half fit 67 and carried my four lens system all day. That the legs got a bit stiff afterwards also affected shooters of other ages and camera systems.
And yes Frank, the organ of Reykjavik´s Hallgrimskirkja is quite impressive but more suitable for a Leica shoot. No tripod there. Will appear under appropriate heading.
/Eric
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Cool you thinks of the organ. Great. Some churches tolerate tripod use, so...
What interests me is the mirror slap. Is there a mechanical MUP as it was in my old Olympus OM-1 I loved so much?
With high res sensors mirror slap is already cause for IQ degradation in smallish DSLRs, but the Hasselblad Mirror must shake the whole tripod...
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The Hasselblad has MUP, always used. And a central shutter in the lens, hardly any shutter slap.
/Eric
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An impressive series! Thanks for sharing.